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This novella is designed to be read after FALL SILVER ARTEMIS and before IN THE SHADOW OF THE SUNDERED KING!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe end of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE OLD WORLD SAGA \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003ebegins beneath \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTRANGE LIGHTS \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003ein an alien sky...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cstrong\u003eAustralian author Joel Preston\u003c\/strong\u003e comes a cosmic adventure that takes his series into realms beyond the universe... \u003cstrong\u003eTHE OLD WORLD SAGA\u003c\/strong\u003e embraces the Cthulhu mythos in this tale about the things beyond both gods and angels that linger in the dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt first happened in \u003cstrong\u003eTHE WENDIGO INCIDENT\u003c\/strong\u003e, when \u003cem\u003eUS NAVY SEAL Patrick Leeson\u003c\/em\u003e (aka Neanderthal) read from a mysterious black book to distract the monstrous wendigo and save the life of \u003cem\u003eJoshua Dare\u003c\/em\u003e. What he summoned that day was just a glimpse of the horrors that lie waiting beyond the known universe. The room shook as eyes and tentacles appeared, before vanishing almost as quickly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, in \u003cstrong\u003eFALL SILVER ARTEMIS\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eprofessor Malcolm Selleck\u003c\/em\u003e used a similar black book to summon an Eldritch abomination in the games of Skrymir. It was that same book that a civilian, \u003cem\u003eRandall Dare\u003c\/em\u003e, had been studying before his disappearance... Right at the end of that story, \u003cem\u003eRandall Dare\u003c\/em\u003e reappeared unexpectedly in the destruction of Sydney Harbour, before the demonic \u003cem\u003eCthulhu\u003c\/em\u003e. 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With the help of the citizens of the Dark World, including a sixty-five million year old dinosaur, the race is on for Randall to work out how to cross dimensions and deliver valuable information for the coming fight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly, he isn't the only human trapped out there. US Navy SEAL Patrick Leeson, aka Neanderthal, has arrived too. Along with humanity's most famous religious figure, Randall has to figure out how to get them all back to Earth. 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